Chinese tourist dies in hospital from quake injury in Hualien

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/08
By: Miao Zong-han, Wang Cheng-chung and William Yen 

Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) A 40-year-old woman from Xiamen City in China died between 8 and 9 p.m. Wednesday from severe head injuries incurred in the Hualien earthquake, according to the Buddhist Tzu Chi Hospital in downtown Hualien.

The woman, identified only by the surname Yu (余), was on a visit to Taiwan with her son when the magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck late Tuesday night.

Yu sustained a head injury when the residential building they were staying at partially collapsed during the earthquake, while her son escaped with minor scratches.

Yu’s husband traveled from China to Hualien on Wednesday with the assistance of the Kinmen County government.    [FULL  STORY]